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CYBER SECURITY
Getting ready for 'game-changer' Cyber Security Act: Five steps for councils
By Peter Jones | 26 May 2026
Peter Jones identifies key steps for boards to deliver their action plans and enhanced security practices, to ensure compliance with the Cyber Security Act.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Social workers in safeguarding warning
By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026
Home Office plans to overrule councils’ decisions on the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking chil...
LEGISLATION
The King's Speech fell short of delivering for local government
By Ian Miller | 22 May 2026
'Legislation to introduce a duty of candour for public servants and to remove peerages from disgr...
STEVE REED
EXCLUSIVE: Reed 'very aware' of standards issues amid legislation wait
By Dan Peters | 21 May 2026
Local government secretary Steve Reed is aware of the issues requiring a fresh standards regime f...
LEGISLATION
Bill 'first step' in fiscal devolution era
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026
The Overnight Visitor Levy Bill is the ‘first step in a new era of fiscal devolution in England’,...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall delay to reorganisation legislation
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2026
Reform UK vows to ‘be awkward’ to thwart government plans for local government reorganisation.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Breaking point: Tough choices for childrens' services
By Martin Ford | 06 May 2026
Governments are finally confronting the spiralling cost of children’s services. As pressures inte...
LEGISLATION
Councils have the power to shape national policy
By Alison Potter | 05 May 2026
The Sustainable Communities Acts and the powers to initiate legislation were designed precisely t...
DEVOLUTION
Devo Act: revolution or repetition?
By Sue Griffiths | 05 May 2026
Sue Griffiths explores what the new devolution Act means for communities across England.
SOCIAL CARE
Southport: Knee-jerk legislation may overwhelm the system
By Heather Jameson | 23 April 2026
The lessons of Southport need to be learned, says Heather Jameson. 'But there is no lack of legis...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Sussex chiefs warn Whitehall over reorganisation risks
By Dan Peters | 21 April 2026
Sussex chief executives have warned Whitehall reorganisation delays create ‘real risks around tim...
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